Mycobacterium kansasii infection limited to skin and lymph node in a patient with AIDS.
The case of a 36-year-old HIV-1-positive patient is presented. After an episode of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and cytomegalovirus retinitis a pruritic lesion developed on the thigh with subsequent intracutaneous abscess formation and regional lymph-node enlargement. Mycobacterium kansasii was demonstrated in lymph-node and abscess material. With a tuberculostatic triple-drug regimen the lesions resolved completely. Cutaneous involvement in the course of non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is discussed.
Stellbrink
H J
HJ
Medizinische Kernklinik und Poliklinik, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, FRG.
Koperski
K
K
Albrecht
H
H
Greten
H
H
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000150:complications*; D013848:Thigh